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The water had receded in most places by mid-August, but in mid-September, a localised depression caused continuous torrential rain and high winds over a six-day period, bringing renewed flooding to many parts of Central Bangladesh, but also flooding areas never normally flooded by the rivers, including Dhaka and other urban areas. [3]
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result is very prone to flooding.Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
The 2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was the first in which tropical cyclones were officially named in the basin. Cyclone Onil , which struck India and Pakistan, was named in late September. The final storm, Cyclone Agni , was also named, and crossed into the southern hemisphere shortly before dissipation.
Fifteen children have drowned in flash floods that swept through Bangladesh with another 3.5 million urgently needing clean drinking water as the risk of waterborne diseases grows, UNICEF's ...
STORY: About 105,000 people have been evacuated so far, but police officials estimated that over four million were still stranded. Thousands of policemen and army personnel have been deployed to ...
Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, killing at least 36 people and causing rivers on both sides of the ...
The 1998 Bangladesh flood occurred during the severe monsoon season, which began in July and continued until September. Heavy rainfall in the upstream catchment areas of the Ganges , Brahmaputra , and Meghna River caused water levels in these rivers to rise rapidly, resulting in widespread flooding across the country.
DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 20 people have died and more than 5.2 million have been affected in Bangladesh by floods caused by relentless monsoon rains and overflowing rivers, officials said on Sunday.